24 or 30

Robert · 6 Jan 2009 at 21:53

I'm torn here. I may save for a new monitor however not sure what size to go for. I could either:

Buy a 24" and possibly get another shortly after.

or

Buy a 30" and stick with that.

I'm guessing that I would get more productivity out of 2 24" monitors and the ability to multitask. Plus I wouldn't have to upgrade as often!

ShaolinDreams · 6 Jan 2009 at 22:05

whats your computers specs and are you a heavy or light gamer?

if its just for work related stuff id say go for a 30" then again i dont think you can go too wrong with 2x24

Robert · 7 Jan 2009 at 14:28

Spec in sig.

ShaolinDreams · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:43

30" do it

X2 should power that nicely

Earth[Tera].bin · 7 Jan 2009 at 15:47

I'm sure I sit to close to my 24" as it is, a 30" would send me blind.

Mind you my 8" nearly sent me blind as a kid.

blackapache · 7 Jan 2009 at 16:12

Earth[Tera].bin;13234878 said:
Mind you my 8" nearly sent me blind as a kid.

Robert · 10 Jan 2009 at 18:42

Any more opinions?

bobert50 · 10 Jan 2009 at 19:06

i'd much rather a 30" than 2x24" tbh.

Pred · 10 Jan 2009 at 23:05

I was in the same situation as i had a 24" and wanted a new one.

I sit pretty close to the screen so i cut out out the dimensions of what a 30" screen would be from some cardboard and placed it where it would go.

Was too big in the end so got myself a nice NEC 24" instead.

If you got the room though and not too close to screen then i would go for a 30".

pby · 11 Jan 2009 at 00:36

hope the nec is amazing, considering how expensive they are!

mithrandir · 11 Jan 2009 at 00:44

Personally I'd get 2 x 24" screens as I'd get more from them, but as mentioned it'd be a good idea to see how big they are in the area you want to fill as 30" is humungous.

go2it · 11 Jan 2009 at 09:42

mithrandir said:
Personally I'd get 2 x 24" screens as I'd get more from them, but as mentioned it'd be a good idea to see how big they are in the area you want to fill as 30" is humungous.

I know which size I would rather watch dvd's on

DireEmblem · 11 Jan 2009 at 09:58

why not go round the shops and have a look at the screens, that way you can decide with them right infront of you, "two of these size, or one of these?"

JoeWed · 11 Jan 2009 at 10:02

You still haven't said what you actually use your PC for so it's hard to answer.

I went from 2 x 24" -> 30" and then back to the 2 x 24" again. The 30" was great for games & DVDs but I found working in Visual Studio (and other programming IDEs) and 3D Modelling generally more difficult to arrange into a workspace I was comfortable to use on the 30".

Vertigo · 11 Jan 2009 at 13:10

I've seen plenty of 30s and they're too big for my liking - 24-27 seems to be about right.

Plus you really don't want to cart a 30" monitor to a LAN!

Slogan · 11 Jan 2009 at 13:55

Getting a 30" monitor sometime this week.

They are massive and massively impressive.

HEADRAT · 11 Jan 2009 at 14:19

I have 3 * 24 inch, had considered a 30" but I much prefer having seperate screens for seperate tasks.

Screen 1 = Full screen VMWARE box for work
Screen 2 = Email, Messenger, browser etc.
Screen 3 = Multimedia stuff, MP3, video, TV etc.

Dell 2407 (AO4's)

Happy · 11 Jan 2009 at 14:26

Nice setup

HEADRAT · 11 Jan 2009 at 14:32

Happy said:
Nice setup

Ta

Ultramon to provide extra taskbars

ChrisD. · 11 Jan 2009 at 14:53

I'm thinking of either a second 2407 or selling mine and getting a 30" panel. Not 100% sure. I play games and surf the net mainly and I also watch a lot of DVD's etc on my PC. I'm thinking 1x30" would be better?